The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-09-30
DAKOTA FAIR.
, First a Day of Busy Activity
OH the Grounds.
,,rj.. of Big Exhibits in the
Several Departments.
. ua:ses, Cattle and Swine
yi,a. Ever Before.
MON OAY.
From Tuesdays Republican,

MONDAY.
From Tuesdays Republican,
Fhare was busy throng at the fais-
Iupds Yesterday getting the exhibits
nlace aud arranging them for show.
Fthe morning one might have. felt
,h.fnl As to the magnitude of our
r;,orial exhibit to have looked upon
bare spaces in many places on the
nunlIs, but after hundred hands
Fe abored persistently all day and
three hundred and fifty entries of
ftye and corresponding number of
horses and other things according
were brought to the grounds and
tin place. the scene was very differ
/ 1t now begins tittingly to repre-
1T theagricultural industry, stock in
rpst and multitude of the resources,
terprisc and skill of Dakota terri
~. The showing of fine horses and
oronghbred cattle is said by some
equal the exhibit at st. Paul. With
10 or three exceptions, the stock on
hibition, which is of the finest breeds
:snt is all owned in Dakota.
HORSES.
Among the exhibitors of Norman,
ercheron, Clydesdale, Hambletonian
6d Shire horses are Fuller, of Cavour;
!. II. Macs. Carney Bros, of Dover:
Hex. George, Whipple & Farley, of
koux Falls; Geo. NJ. Stratton, of Car
tlase: : w. Jacobs, E. II. Jacobs, of
dadison Lakeside stock farm, La
Belle rancho, of Lake county; Fred
Hast, of Ipswich; j. w. Hooper. of
arwell; Emil Schleieher, III. r.
Thomas. j. q. Adams, Spencer; Geo. p.
Smith Hastings. Besides these there
IRE the horses entered by A1essrs. Grant,
Hagerman and Wills & Co., of Mitchell,
is well rs many outside parties whom
ehe reporters have not seen up TO this
finn
CAIILE.
Among the cattle men were noticed
the IIerefords belonging to Emile
6chlecher of Watertown; F. II. Hag-
ery OF Aberdeen, With his Hoistein
F'riesiaa3; L. IL. Jacobs OF Madison,
f@lth Polled Angus cattle; Theo's
David, twenty-five head of short horns
FROM his Prairie Hall rancho near
Elit2hel!; y. j. Spaulding, IIamlin
county. short horns; M. w. Hockeme,
Washington, MINI. Dutch Friesian
Eea;t'e; W. e. Boyce, Sioux Falls, short
Ehorns: W. IL. Macs. Brookings, Here
Bfords
heisser Bros, Huron, have good
Ie&'Aoit OF Berkshire pigs; f. w. Cad
well, OF D@mpster, the homeless Suffolk
swine;G. ". Plank, Eyota, Mimi, Pol
and cilinas. Many other entries III
this class came upon the ground too
lat to give an opportunity To see as
trey are.
COUNTY EXHIBITS.
Tie county exhibits on the ground
Yesterday afternoon were those of
fan!k. Hyde, Hughes, Brule, each and
aii oi Which was highly creditable and
worth seeing. Among the Brule coun-
" exhibits was very attractive map
Oh III" county drawn by Scott Hayes,
county surveyor, who has charge of
The exhibit.
me art hall the work of arranging
eSalplts was progressing rapidly,
'housh the exhibits were not nearly
a!i lh,and the work quite unfinished.
TUESDAY.
lFrom Wednesdays Republican,
Nature was not in her happicst mood
Yesterday, and yet she did not inter-
II leFe with the active preparations at
'"e lalr grounds, nor with the large
crowds OF excursionists that come in
Oh the special trains, and tlocked out
To the grounds.
Work in the several departments
""s virtually completed last night, and
as a result there is an exhibit which in
"'' It's features has never been sur
PASSED in Dakota, or indeed in any OF
'''c hewer western states.
l" the horse and cattle departments
'nS number ofentries is unprecedented
'lu SO far exceeded the very liberal
calculations of the managers that ex-
''a accommodations had to be added
Yesterday; and the most encouraging
'e'I''fe oI this display is that the stock
- - nearly all Dakota owned, and is Of
S's highest grade and finest pedigree.
III the agricultural line there is a be-
"l'derlng accumulation OF every thing
''sat SOL can produce from the peanuts
""o sweetpotatoes and corn and melons
which 1t has been the custom to look
10 'oF n abundance in warmer climes to
VI" peerless No. hard wheat and har-
~ vegetables of. the far north
''ef'' are pumpkins weighing l5C
pounds, sqnashes scarcely less bul,
~ peets and turnips in NAM
''''h size, apples, grapes. and
every other variety of fruit, wild
s'asses and tame grasses, in fact q
'1ra'aole cosmopolitan collection.
me most complete collection is that
~ ~ Nlay county, while Hanson, Hyde
l'oslies, Faulk, Brule and several 9th
N's mas each a creditable display OF